The Graveyard

They promised forever. They shut down anyway.

665 dead services. 2B+ affected users. $30B+ burned. Your infrastructure shouldn't depend on VC funding.

665

Dead Services

2B+

Users Lost

$30B+

Funding Burned

284

Killed by Big Tech

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Causes of Death

Killed via Acquisition Bought, integrated, shut down.

11% (70)

Ran Out of Money VC pulled out. Startup dead.

6% (43)

Killed by Big Tech Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Twitter …

43% (284)

276 of 665 dead services died after 2020 ↑ the pace is accelerating

451–500 of 665 dead services

#	Service	Company	Category	Cause of Death	Shut Down	Users	Funding
451	Pebble	Pebble Tech	IoT	Bankruptcy	2016	2M devices	$43M
452	Songza	Google	Music	Play Music merge	2016	5.5M	Acquired
453	Evi	Amazon	AI	Alexa integration	2016	Moderate	Acquired
454	Meerkat	Life on Air	Video	Periscope won	2016	Moderate	$14M
455	Yo	Yo Inc	Messaging	Novelty wore off	2016	4M	$1.5M
456	Blab	Blab Inc	Video	Ran out of money	2016	Moderate	$3M
457	Firefox OS	Mozilla	Mobile	Market failure	2016	Low	Millions
458	Google Ara	Google	Hardware	Cancelled	2016	None	Millions
459	OnePlus X	OnePlus	Hardware	Strategy change	2016	Moderate	VC backed
460	Revolv	Nest	IoT	Shutdown after acquisition	2016	Paying users	Acquired
461	Razer Forge TV	Razer	Gaming	Poor adoption	2016	Low	Internal
462	Alienware Alpha	Dell	Gaming	Rebranded	2016	Moderate	Internal
463	Yahoo Screen	Yahoo	Streaming	Yahoo decline	2016	Moderate	Internal
464	Nokia MixRadio	Nokia/Line	Music	Line sold it	2016	Moderate	Internal
465	Milk Music	Samsung	Music	Strategy change	2016	Low	Internal
466	Rhapsody	Napster	Music	Rebranded Napster	2016	Moderate	$120M
467	Skype Qik	Microsoft	Video	Product consolidation	2016	Moderate	Internal
468	Yahoo Livetext	Yahoo	Video	Yahoo decline	2016	Low	Internal
469	Facebook Paper	Facebook	Mobile	Poor adoption	2016	Low	Internal
470	Facebook Hello	Facebook	Mobile	Poor adoption	2016	Low	Internal
471	Facebook Notify	Facebook	Mobile	Publisher issues	2016	Low	Internal
472	Microsoft Band	Microsoft	Hardware	Market failure	2016	Moderate	Internal
473	Microsoft Tay AI	Microsoft	AI	Racist outputs	2016	Twitter users	Internal
474	Amazon Unbox	Amazon	Video	Prime Video replaced	2016	Moderate	Internal
475	Apple iAd	Apple	Advertising	Low adoption	2016	Advertisers	Internal
476	Salesforce Do	Salesforce	Productivity	Poor adoption	2016	Low	Internal
477	Basecamp Calypso	Basecamp	Productivity	Never fully launched	2016	Moderate	Internal
478	StatusPage (pre-Atlassian)	StatusPage.io	DevOps	Acquired, rebranded	2016	Developers	Acquired
479	Hall (team messaging)	Hall	Collaboration	Slack dominance	2016	Moderate	$6.4M
480	Mandrill (standalone)	Mailchimp	Email	Paid plans only	2016	Developers	Internal
481	HubSpot Sidekick	HubSpot	Sales	Rebranded to HubSpot Sales	2016	Sales reps	Internal
482	ConnectAlliance (Salesforce)	Salesforce	CRM	Salesforce consolidation	2016	Enterprises	Internal
483	Responsys (brand)	Oracle	Marketing	Oracle Marketing Cloud	2016	Enterprises	$1.5B acquisition
484	Kenexa (brand)	IBM	HR	IBM Smarter Workforce	2016	Enterprises	$1.3B acquisition
485	Box Personal Free (old limits)	Box	Cloud Storage	Monetization	2016	Millions	$500M+
486	Clinkle	Clinkle	Fintech	Never launched properly	2016	Low	$30M
487	Coin (payment card)	Coin	Fintech	Apple Pay won	2016	Low	$15M
488	MCX CurrentC	MCX	Fintech	Apple Pay won	2016	Low	$100M+
489	SpoonRocket	SpoonRocket	Food	Acquisition	2016	SF users	$13.5M
490	Washio (laundry)	Washio	Services	Ran out of money	2016	Urban users	$16.8M
491	Basis Health Tracker	Intel	Health	Safety recall	2016	Moderate	$100M acquisition
492	Samsung Health (S Health old)	Samsung	Health	Samsung Health rebrand	2016	Millions	Internal
493	Readability	Arc90	Content	Ad blockers & browser features	2016	Millions	Bootstrapped
494	Vessel (video platform)	Vessel	Video	Verizon acquisition shutdown	2016	Low	$75M
495	Mubi free tier (old)	Mubi	Streaming	Subscription only	2016	Film lovers	$10M
496	Udemy Degree (attempt)	Udemy	EdTech	Regulatory challenges	2016	Low	$310M
497	Lynda.com (standalone)	LinkedIn	EdTech	LinkedIn Learning	2016	Millions	$1.5B acquisition
498	SourceForge (old)	Slashdot Media	Development	GitHub won	2016	Millions of devs	Acquired
499	Pixate (motion design)	Google	Design	Acquisition + shutdown	2016	Designers	Acquired
500	Evernote free unlimited devices (old)	Evernote	Productivity	Monetization	2016	225M+	$290M

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Last updated February 2026. Data from public sources.

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